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Chapter 340 True Olajuwon

"Beautiful!" After Yan Hua hit the opening jumper, the head coach Reggie Toyce, who was sitting on the sideline bench, quickly left his seat and clapped his hands at Yan Hua who was retreating.

For Reggie Toyce, who is currently under great pressure, Yan Hua's opening goal is undoubtedly a very good sign.

After transitioning from offense to defense, Yao Ming, who trotted all the way to the frontcourt, stopped directly at the similar position where Yan Hua scored just now, and leaned against Yan Hua with his back to the basket. It seemed that he was going to return Yan Hua's goal at the same position.

"It's really you." Yan Hua, standing behind Yao Ming, understood Yao Ming's thoughts in an instant. Yao Ming was going to fight back in the same way.

Brooks, who dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, saw Yao Ming reach out for the ball, and rushed directly to the left side of the court, trying to get rid of Jrue Holiday on his side, and then handed the ball to Yao Ming.

Last season, Brooks improved significantly and had a strong desire to attack, but he also had a lot of brainless operations. After leaving the team freely, the Rockets can only count on Scola and Brooks. Brooks's great progress is based on unlimited firepower.

But now, after Yao Ming returned from injury, Brooks clearly knew who was the boss of the team. After driving the ball to the frontcourt, Brooks didn't have any thoughts on singles with the ball, but kept staring at the ball in the paint. Yao Ming, who wanted a position near the zone, reacted the moment Yao Ming reached out for the ball.

Brooks, who rushed to the left side of the court, threw the basketball directly to Yao Ming, who was already standing still.

After receiving the pass from Brooks, Yao Ming adjusted his posture a little, then turned around and shot a half-back jumper.

Compared with Yan Hua's twisting left and right when facing Yao Ming's defense, Yao Ming's offense can be called simple and rough, and he is so capricious when he is superior in height.

"This shot is really mindless!" After Yao Ming turned around and took off, Yan Hua, who quickly jumped up to block and interfere, looked at the basketball flying over his fingertips and shook his head helplessly.

Now in this league, Yao Ming is the only one who dares to play like this in front of Yan Hua. The other centers are either not tall enough to be blocked by Yan Hua, or their skills are not allowed, so they can't play at all. Switching to this shooting method is ridiculous. Only ten years after the center's heyday, technical centers are facing extinction in this league.

"Yao, Yao, Yao..." This is the home court of the Rockets, the territory of the Rockets, so when Yao Ming responded to Yan Hua's goal at almost the same place, the Toyota Center was boiling instantly, and countless fans cheered. Shouting Yao Ming's name, which is also mixed with shouts of MVP.

Although Yao Ming has never won the MVP in his entire career, let alone the finals MVP, in the eyes of these fans in Houston, Yao Ming is still the MVP of the city and the MVP of Houston alone.

"Very beautiful jump shot. Yao Ming hit back Yan Hua in the same place and in the same way!" After Yao Ming hit back Yan Hua, Charles Barkley of the TNT live broadcast center was also full of excitement, and finally turned to the TV The camera said again: "Boy Yan, you are in trouble today!"

The biggest highlight of today's game is undoubtedly the duel between Yao Ming and Yan Hua. Both of them belong to the center forward position, and they are both outstanding players in this position. All fans love it.

The performance of Yan Hua and Yao Ming did not disappoint all the spectators who followed the game. In the first round after the start, the two of them directly fought. Yan Hua hit Yao Ming, and Yao Ming turned his head away In almost the same position, Yan Hua hit back one, and there is nothing more exciting than this.

"It seems that Yao's condition is recovering very well." Looking at the somewhat amusing Barkley, Kenny Smith on the side was also amused and laughed.

"It's time for someone to come out and clean up this kid." In the NBA last season, Yao Ming was absent due to injury, and O'Neal was injured and old. As a result, there were no centers in the entire NBA who could deal with Yan Hua. Dwight Howard, the number one center with high hopes before, was at a loss like a primary school student when he faced Yan Hua. In the confrontation between the two a few days ago, although the Magic had the last laugh, Howard's performance in front of Yan Hua Still pulling hips.

Back on the court, Yan Hua, who was thrown back by Yao Ming, not only did not feel any discomfort, but also seemed a little excited. After reaching the frontcourt, he reached out to Zhu Holiday at his side for the ball, but this time , Yan Hua is a little far away from the basket.

Yao Ming's downside power is very strong, it is absolutely unwise to fight him at the basket, and Yan Hua is not like Howard, who doesn't know how to shoot when he is two meters away from the basket. As a player who has mastered various offensive skills Yan Hua has at least a dozen ways to put the basketball inside the frame.

In this attack, Yan Hua chose to catch the ball and attack at a position on the right side of the free throw line. If Yao Ming didn't come out, Yan Hua could turn around and shoot. Once Yao Ming was pulled out, he turned his back and swayed away. It was not difficult for Yan Hua for him to enter the inside line.

Sure enough, almost the moment Yan Hua received the pass from Zhu Holiday, Yao Ming came out of defense, but Yao Ming did not rush to attack. Yan Hua is not an insider with weak lower limbs like Howard, as long as he is stuck , he couldn't turn around, so Yao Ming chose to stick to Yan Hua a little bit, and focused all his defensive attention on Yan Hua's next move.

Whether it is Olajuwon or Yan Hua, Yao Ming has trained with them, so Yao Ming knows very well that if he wants to defend them, the first step is to be clear-headed after they catch the ball and not try to attack them. Go forward and block them, that will only make you lose the defensive position in the first place.

Of course, their next step after catching the ball is not so easy to parry. For example, this time, Yan Hua, who had his back to Yao Ming, suddenly started a step to the left with his shoulders swaying on the spot, and it seemed that he was going to turn around and face the basket. The middle of the basket made a shot.

Although Yao Ming knows that this is likely to be Yan Hua's fake move, Yao Ming has to react and move over, because Yan Hua is likely to change the fake move into a real routine, using a mid-range hook, or Jump shot to end the offense.

It was basically the same as Yao Ming expected. After Yao Ming moved laterally, Yan Hua quickly took back his steps, turned to the left very easily, swayed past Yao Ming's defense, and went directly to the Rockets' basket.

"NTMD Tomatoes!" Yao Ming, unable to retreat in time, could only watch as Yan Hua met Ariza, who was making up defense, with a dunk. Yan Hua on the basket, Yao Ming couldn't help but swear.

"Even Olajuwon is nothing more than that!" The elderly fans in the Toyota Center immediately thought of Olajuwon, the big dream who once led Houston.

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